Epistemic similarities between students' scientific and supernatural beliefs.
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Epistemic Similarities Between Students’ Scientific and Supernatural Beliefs
The evidential support for scientific claims is quantitatively and qualitatively superior to that for supernatural claims, yet students may not appreciate this difference in light of the fact that both types of claims are learned in similar ways (through testimony rather than firsthand observation) and perform similar functions (explaining observed phenomena in terms of unobservable entities). ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Educational Psychology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1939-2176,0022-0663
DOI: 10.1037/a0030282